John V. Davies - Son of the Craig

Davis - Jones and Allied Families Genealogy Lineage¹

John Vincent Davies is my 3rd great-grandfather. He was born in Morriston, Glamorgan,Wales 20 April 1816. His father was David Davies I born in Treboeth, Wales in 1771. Davis seems to have had the nickname "The Craig" or "The Rock". In the great book I have it talks about generations of the family being workers in iron and steel.

John V. Davies left with his wife  Mary and 5 boys landing in New York, moving to Detroit and Pittsburgh before settling in Wheeling, WV. Clearly you can see these are cities that were hubs of the steel industry. 

Charlotte Ann Davis, my 2nd great-grandmother, was born in Wheeling, WV 18 December 1858. She was the 9th of 14 children! Notice the name change from Davies to Davis. 

¹ Schnitzke, Edith., Davis - Jones and Allied Families Genealogy Lineage (Beauchamp House, Los Angeles, 1950) pp. 15, 18-19, 26-27

Here is a link to worldcat.com for where hard copies of the book are located